Child Protection

• Reporting child endangerment
• Flyer "Expert advice in child protection
• Social service

• Expert advice on child protection

  The Child Protection Coordination Office is the point of contact for all specialist child protection issues in Wolfsburg and is aimed at all educational institutions, network partners and people who are in contact with families, children and young people on a professional or voluntary basis. The content of the specialist advice can be, for example

  • General technical questions on child protection
  • Designing the content of protection concepts and implementing the individual components
  • Responsibilities and procedures
  • Legal foundations and data protection
  • Quality standards in child protection
  • Information on the child protection network
  • Assessment of risk of danger

  The case consultation can take place as an individual, team or management consultation. A follow-up meeting is also possible if required. The consultation is free of charge and is conducted anonymously.
  
  Professionals with experience in this area have formed a working group to exchange information and experience as well as for anonymous case discussions. Other interested parties are welcome at any time. The members meet quarterly. Information on the current dates can be obtained from the Child Protection Coordination Office.

  • Flyer: Expert advice in child protection Wolfsburg
  • Quality standards of the insofar experienced specialists in Wolfsburg
• Experienced professionals

  Assessing whether a child's welfare is at risk is a complex process and can be very emotionally stressful. Professionals from educational, social and medical fields who are in professional contact with children, young people and their families have a legal right to advice from an "experienced professional". The legal basis for this are §§ 8a, b SGB VIII (Child and Youth Welfare Act) and § 4 KKG (Act on Cooperation and Information in Child Protection).
  
  "Insoweit erfahrene Fachkräfte" have specific knowledge, methodical procedures and practical experience in the assessment of risk situations. They provide advice on all issues relating to child welfare:
  
  

  • Assessment of the risk of danger following the perception of (significant) indications
  • Investigation of resources and development potential
  • Preparation and follow-up of discussions with the guardians
  • Dealing with the child or young person at risk
  • Development of a help and protection concept, if necessary with the involvement of other institutions
  • Involvement of the youth welfare office
  • Clarification of responsibilities, procedural issues
  • Weighing up the requirements of confidentiality and child protection

  The case consultation can take place as an individual, team or management consultation. A follow-up meeting is also possible if required. The consultation is free of charge and is conducted anonymously.

  Professionals with experience in this area have formed a working group to exchange information and experience and to hold anonymous case discussions. Other interested parties are welcome at any time. The members meet quarterly. Information on the current dates can be obtained from the Child Protection Coordination Office.

• Advanced training and education

  The Child Protection Coordination Office offers training and further education on the protection mandate in cases of child endangerment. This provides basic knowledge on child protection:

  • Legal principles
  • Forms and signs of danger
  • Procedures
  • Involvement of parents, children and young people
  • Cooperation with institutions and advice centers
  • Overview of the most important help for families in Wolfsburg

  The aim of the events is to raise participants' awareness of child protection and to give them more confidence in carrying out their duty of protection. There is also an opportunity for participants to bring in their own case studies. The content and dates of the training courses are individually tailored to the needs of the respective institution.

  • Child protection training for Wolfsburg institutions
• Child Protection Network

  The Youth division founded the Child Protection Working Group in September 2010. It is an association of representatives from various fields of work and different professions who are in contact with children and young people and their families in their professional context.
  
  The aim is to create a close network of local stakeholders in child protection with a regular, intensive exchange of experiences. The aim is to promote understanding of other professional roles and provide qualified support in individual cases. Because only if all relevant agencies know who is responsible for what and where each other's boundaries lie can they cooperate effectively to protect children.
  
  The members of the Child Protection Working Group meet four times a year to discuss and exchange information on current developments in child protection.
  
  The institutions and services linked in the child protection network currently include

  • General Social Services of the City of Wolfsburg
  • AWO family counseling
  • Dialog e.V.
  • Drug counseling center Drobs
  • Integration assistance from the Social Services Department of the City of Wolfsburg
  • Parents' school at the clinic
  • Educational counseling center of the city of Wolfsburg
  • Protestant family education center
  • Evangelical Lutheran church district - daycare center counseling
  • Early childhood education advisory service of the city of Wolfsburg
  • Family help center Diakonie Wolfsburg
  • Wolfsburg family court
  • Refugee social work of the Evangelical Lutheran church district
  • Wolfsburg women's shelter
  • Early help services of the city of Wolfsburg
  • Health department of the city of Wolfsburg
  • Equal Opportunities Department
  • Intercultural fathers' office
  • Youth support of the city of Wolfsburg
  • Children's clinic of the Wolfsburg hospital
  • Child and Youth Protection Wolfsburg e.V.
  • Children and Youth Office of the City of Wolfsburg
  • Wolfsburg police
  • Social Psychiatric Service of the City of Wolfsburg
  • Stadtjugendring Wolfsburg e. V.
  • Municipal daycare centers
  • Streetlife
  • Procedural guides
  • Representation of the pediatricians
  • ZEUS - Social Pediatric Center of the Wolfsburg Clinic

• Framework concepts
  • Framework agreement on child protection of Wolfsburg daycare centers
  • Handout on the framework concept of child protection for the elementary schools of the city of Wolfsburg
• Further information
  • Child Protection Lower Saxony
  • Child Protection Academy
  • Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues
• Contact

  City of Wolfsburg
  Child protection coordination
  Svenja Loock
  Youth Division, Counseling Department
  Braunschweiger Street 12
  38440 Wolfsburg

  Telephone: 05361 28-1480
  E-mail: svenja.loock@stadt.wolfsburg.de